<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
	<META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-TYPE" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8">
	<TITLE>What's new in v4.0</TITLE>
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="help.css">
</HEAD>
<BODY >
<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 STYLE="page-break-before: always">
	<TR>
		<TD WIDTH=27>
			<A HREF="main.html"><IMG SRC="images/go-home.png" NAME="graphics1" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=27 HEIGHT=27 BORDER=0></A></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=27>
			<A HREF="00new4.1.html"><IMG SRC="images/go-previous.png" NAME="graphics2" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=27 HEIGHT=27 BORDER=0></A></P>
		</TD>
		<TD WIDTH=27>
			<A HREF="02intro.html"><IMG SRC="images/go-next.png" NAME="graphics3" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=27 HEIGHT=27 BORDER=0></A></P>
		</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>
<div class="head"></div>
<h1>New features in v4.0</h1>
<UL class="toc">
	<LI> <A HREF="#qif">QIF file
	import/export</A>
	<LI> <A HREF="#add">Direct add of
	Payee/Categories</A>
	<LI> <A HREF="#auto">Auto completion</A>
	<LI> <A HREF="#tags">Tags for
	transaction</A>
	<LI> <A HREF="#charts">Charts using
	cairo graphics library</A>
	<LI> <A HREF="#date">Enter date
	improvement</A>
	<LI><A HREF="#import">Reworked import process</A>
</UL>

<h2><A NAME="qif"></A><!-- = = = = separator = = = = -->:: QIF file
import/export</h2>
<P>QIF - Quicken Interchange Format is now supported It is now
possible to import QIF file, and also to export as QIF file.<BR>This
new features are accessible from the 'File' menu.</P>

<h2><A NAME="add"></A><!-- = = = = separator = = = = -->:: Direct add
of Payee/Categories</h2>
<P>Direct add of Payee/Categories is and ow available in the
transaction dialog.<BR>For example if you need to insert a category,
you can seize directly: 'Car'.<BR>And if you need to insert a
subcategory, you can seize: 'Car:Fuel'
</P>

<h2><A NAME="auto"></A><!-- = = = = separator = = = = -->:: Auto
completion</h2>
<P>Auto completion is now available in the
transaction window for the following widgets:<BR>Payee, Category, and
also for Description.
</P>
<P><IMG SRC="images/00import5.png">
</P>
<h2><A NAME="tags"></A><!-- = = = = separator = = = = -->:: Tags for
transactions</h2>
<P>The transaction now also provide a 'Tags' field which enable a new
classification and report axis.<BR>Tags will also be displayed in the
transactions list, and the report will be available in the statistics
report window.<BR>With that new feature, a same transaction can be
assigned to several 'group' which may be useful sometimes.
</P>
<h2><A NAME="charts"></A><!-- = = = = separator = = = = -->:: Charts
using cairo graphics library</h2>
<p>The HomeBank graphics charts were
rewritten using cairo graphics library (used and included in
GTK+):<BR>Also when the x-axis represent a portion of time (day,
month, or year), then some x-legend is displayed.
</P>
<P><IMG SRC="images/00import6.png">
</P>
<h2><A NAME="date"></A><!-- = = = = separator = = = = -->:: Enter
date improvement</h2>
<P>The date widget was improved you can now enter date as follow:
</P>
<UL>
	<LI> [day]<BR>a single number will be
	recognized to day number of current month<BR>entering '15' to set
	the date to the 15th of the current month

	<LI> [day/month] or
	[month/day]<BR>according to your country date format

	<LI> [complete date]<BR>according to your country date format

</UL>

<h2><A NAME="import"></A><!-- = = = = separator = = = = -->::
Reworked import process</h2>

<h3>Step 2: File selection</h3>
 The format recognition indicator is now
more visible:</P>
<P><IMG SRC="images/00import1.png"></P>
<P><IMG SRC="images/00import2.png"></P>


<h3>Step 3: File content</h3>
<P>The file to be imported is analyzed and inform you about the
number of:<BR>accounts, transactions, payees, categories.<BR><BR>When
the file do not contains an explicit named account, you can choose:
</P>
<UL>
	<LI> to create a new account
	<LI>to affect the transactions to an existing account
</UL>

<h3>Step 4: Transaction selection</h3>
 The duplicate match option is now
displayed above the transaction list:</P>
<P><IMG SRC="images/00import4.png">
</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>